The Community of Sant'Egidio celebrated the eighth World Day of the Poor, proclaimed by Pope Francis, all over the world on Sunday 17 November. The Community participated in Rome in the celebration at St Peter's and in the lunch in the Paul VI Hall together with a group of homeless, people with disabilities and refugees, friends of the Community all year round. There were also among them some who have found a home and renewed hope for the future.
There were numerous solidarity events in countries where Sant'Egidio is present: in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, with the elderly, street children, children of the Schools of Peace, refugees and prisoners. Everywhere, the Day was an opportunity to launch a message of hope, a few weeks before the beginning of the Jubilee, and to invite everyone to start anew with solidarity.
